RESOLVED:

1.            That the update on the Neighbourhood Fund be noted.

2.            That £5,000 of Neighbourhood Funding be allocated per ward to small scale public space projects in consultation with ward councillors;

3.            That £213,000 be set aside to partner fund the delivery of Merton’s London Borough of Culture programme, subject to the Council’s bid to the Mayor of London being successful and subject to full assessment of competing bids for 2019 delivery.

4.            That delegated authority be granted to the Director of Environment and Regeneration in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Environment and Housing to allocate Neighbourhood Fund money to individual projects (including London Borough of Culture)  received through the recent Neighbourhood Fund consultation, in line with Cabinet’s agreed Neighbourhood Fund criteria.